The essence of leadership is encouragement – and at the heart of encouragement is courage – not only to impart courage to those who are eager to be inspired, but also to have the courage to do so, knowing that those who follow may well surpass those who presently lead.

Sometimes it takes courage to step back from the situation, reassess, acknowledge, lick your wounds, and live to fight another day. Sometimes the most courageous thing we can do is go to Gilley’s.

A simple leadership story on the value of Voice in your organization.

The vibrant “brazil nut tree” of your organization can be overwhelmed by the “strangler fig” of bureaucracy. How to determine what can and must be cut in an organization is more art than science — but necessary.

The late comedian George Carlin once said about pigeons that “their song is stuck in their throat.” How can we avoid doing the same thing with our peers and those who work for us?